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Analysis of tumor necrosis factor-alpha promoter polymorphism in type 1 diabetes: HLA-B and -DRB1 alleles are primarily associated with the disease in Japanese.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 2000
Hamaguchi K, Kimura A, Seki N, Higuchi T, Yasunaga S, Takahashi M, Sasazuki T, Kusuda Y, Okeda T, Itoh K, Sakata T
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms in the 5'-flanking region of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha gene were examined to study the genetic background of type 1 diabetes in Japanese. Five different biallelic polymorphisms were examined in 136 type 1 diabetic patients and 300 control subjects. The frequencies of ind...
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